Choosing an EAS Subject POSt (Undergraduate)

Choosing an EAS Subject POSt (Undergraduate)

The Department of East Asian Studies offers an in-depth and wide-ranging series of courses dealing with the history, culture, and language of pre-modern, modern, and contemporary East Asia. Our program enables students to develop a necessary understanding of China, Japan and Korea as cultures and societies of global importance.

HONOURS BACHELOR OF ARTS PROGRAMS
East Asian Studies (specialist, major and minor options)

FIRST-YEAR COURSES
EAS 103H1 – Premodern East Asia
EAS 105H1 – Modern East Asia
EAS 100Y1 – Modern Standard Chinese I
EAS 101Y1 – Modern Chinese for Students with Prior Background
EAS 110Y1 – Modern Standard Korean I
EAS 120Y1 – Modern Standard Japanese I
EAS 121H1 – Modern Japanese for Students with Prior Background

ADVICE FOR FIRST YEAR
Students who wish to pursue the specialist, major or minor programs in East Asian Studies are required to take EAS 103H1 and EAS 105H1. All students interested in East Asian studies programs are encouraged to begin, as early as possible, the study of Chinese, Japanese or Korean. No language course is required for the minor program.

CAREERS
Students who pursue a degree related to East Asia will be rewarded with knowledge, skill, and critical appreciation of the value of the languages, cultures, and socio-economic and political impact of the region. Some of our graduates work in government, business education and the legal field. A specialist or major program will serve as a foundation for graduate studies that lead toward careers in higher education and academic research.

Possible career options include:
• Education
• Research
• Arts and Culture
• Media
• International development
• International trade
policy and research
• Work in Foreign Service and non-governmental organizations
• Law

A career in any of the fields above may require additional technical training, graduate education and /or experience beyond the undergraduate level. Students are advised to use the resources offered by the University of Toronto’s Career Centre.

ADMISSION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION
Students who wish to minor, major or specialize in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto should apply to the Faculty of Arts & Science, either the Humanities or Social Sciences admission categories on the St. George campus, for which six Grade 12 U or M courses, including English are required. Students outside of Ontario should have the equivalent senior high school credits. To apply, follow the instructions found on the Faculty of Arts & Science website.

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

The department celebrates two recent publications:
When the Future Disappears: The Modernist Imagination in Late Colonial Korea, by Janet Poole (Columbia University Press, 2014)
The Cultural Revolution at the Margins: Chinese Socialism in Crisis, by Yiching Wu (Harvard University Press, 2014)
For more information, please see People >> Publications.

Professor emerita Sonja Arntzen and Itō Moriyuki are pleased to announce the publication of their collaborative work:
The Sarashina Diary: A Woman’s Life in Eleventh-century Japan, by Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, translated and with an introduction by Sonja Arntzen and Itō Moriyuki. Columbia University Press, 2014.

Professor Yiching Wu has received the President's Book Award from the Social Science History Association for his book, The Cultural Revolution at the Margins (Harvard University Press, 2014). The Award "rewards an especially meritorious work by a beginning scholar."